NP	Nanoparticle
MDR	Multidrug−resistant
ROS	Reactive oxygen species
AMP	Antimicrobial peptide
ASA	Antimicrobial supramolecular assembly
PEG	Polyethylene glycol
NRAMP	Nonribosomal synthetized peptide
RAMP	Ribosomal synthetized peptide
DNA	Deoxyribonucleic acid
Gr	Gramicidin D
LV	Large lipid vesicles
BF	Nanosized lipidic bilayer fragments
CD	Circular dichroism
DPPC	Dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine
DODAB	Dioctadecyldimethylammonium bromide
PSS	Polystyrene sulfate
DX	Dextran sulfate
MRSA	Methicillin−resistant Staphylococcus aureus
IDSA	Infectious Diseases Society of America
LC	Liquid crystalline
AP	Antimicrobial polymer
MBC	Minimum bactericidal concentration
PEI	Polyethyleneimine
PLL	Poly−L−lysine
PDMAEMA	Poly [2−(N,N−dimethylamino)ethyl methacrylate]
PDDA	Poly (diallyldimethylammonium chloride)
PDAATFA	Poly (diallylammonium trifluoroacetate)
PDAMATFA	Poly (diallylmethylammonium trifluoroacetate)
PMMA	Poly (methyl methacrylate)
MMA	Methyl metacrylate
OEG	Oligo (ethylene glycol)
HPMC	Hydroxypropylmethylcellulose
QAC	Antibacterial quaternary compound
SNPES	Sulfonic amino poly (ether sulfone)
QC	Quaternized chitosan
PAA	Poly (acrylic acid)
PDA	Polydopamine
PDMS	Polydimethylsiloxane
PANI	Polyaniline
PDT	Photothermal therapy
PVPS	Poly (vinylpyrrolidone) sulfobetaine
PE	Polyethylene
CG	Chitosan/gelatin
SF−Mel	Melamine−modified silk fibroin
PCL	Polycaprolactone
TBAH−Alg	Tributylammonium alginate
CPU	Polyurethane surfaces
MAPG	Macroporous antimicrobial polymeric gel
HG	Hydrogel
QA	Quaternary ammonium
PMDETA	N,N,N′,N″,N″−pentamethyldiethylenetriamine
OEG−DMA	Oligoethylene glycol dimethacrylate
BP	Benzophenone
SARS−CoV−2	Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2